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Sliabh Aughty Furnace Project

11/26/2018

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Next stop was the Sliabh Aughty Furnace Project in Woodford co. Galway, a week+ long bloomery smelting festival. The goal of the project, organized by Paul Rondelez, was to bring together experts and enthusiasts from all over the world, harvest local bog ore, and see if it could be smelted in a variety of different style furnaces. I worked under the guidance of Jake Keen from England. Our team built three furnaces of similar design using clay, straw, and sand. We built our furnaces rather small to further investigate Jake's work to understand the minimum feasible size for a vertical shaft furnace. 
Sliabh Aughty Furnace Project Irish Bog Ore
Sliabh Aughty Furnace Project Ireland Bog Ore
Bloomery Smelter Traditional Construction
Woodford Furnace Festival 2018 Ireland Bloomery Smelting
Iron Bloomery Smelting Ireland Clay Furnace
Ireland Bloomery Iron Blacksmithing
Woodford Furnace Festival Ireland Bloomery Smelting
Bloomery Smelting Ireland 2018
Woodford Furnace Festival Bloomery Smelting Ireland
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Blacksmith Stephen Quinn

11/19/2018

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My next stop was across to County Galway to Blacksmith Stephen Quinn. His shop is a beautiful space with lots of natural light and all the "candy" one could want (as he would  say). I was especially fond of his many fly presses. 
Stephen Quinn Ireland Blacksmith
Stephen Quinn Ireland Blacksmith
Stephen Quinn Ireland Blacksmith
Stephen Quinn Blacksmith
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Blacksmith Finin Liam Christie

11/19/2018

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Finin Liam Christie Blacksmith
My next stop was to visit blacksmith Finin Liam Christie in County Wexford. While there I helped him forge some hammers and tongs. He has a beautiful double tuyere, side blast forge and some amazing, large anvils. Finin is a kind fellow with a very interesting past. Listen to an interview with him on "Blacksmither Radio". 
Finin Liam Christie Ireland
Finin Liam Christie Blacksmith Ireland
Finin Liam Christie Blacksmith Ireland Hammer Forged
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Ireland: Bloomery Smelting, Blacksmithing, and Ancient Bronze Casting

11/9/2018

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viking broad axe wrought iron
I recently visited Ireland to attend the ​​Sliabh Aughty Furnace Project. A multi-national gathering of bloomery smelting experts and enthusiasts with the purpose of smelting the first Irish bog ore in 200 years. While in Ireland I also took the opportunity to visit a few blacksmiths as well. Before all of this, however, was a visit (ok.. I went three different times) to the Dublin museum of Archaeology, which featured a spectacular exhibit on Viking ironwork from Ireland. This will be a multi-part blog post working chronologically through some of the iron-related highlights of the trip beginning with the Dublin National Archaeology Museum.
​I'll let the photos do lots of the talking.
Viking claw hammer
ulfberht dublin archeology museum
viking iron slag Dublin Ireland archaeology museum
hand forged viking tongs wrought iron
Viking sword dublin museum
ulfberht sword dublin ireland
viking age crucible dublin  ireland
Viking axe dublin museum  forged
viking age sword pommels
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